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The fish in the center of the net hatched out the end of May and was already in the six-inch range as of the day of this photo (two weeks ago). Half-inch fry to six inches in five months - not bad.
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Comment by Slip Sinker on November 7, 2015 at 2:50am
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Awesome work Walt!
a dream of mine ... to own a pond and manage some gill
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Comment by carl hendrix on November 6, 2015 at 10:52pm
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thanks for the info. Walt; Ill forward any information I can get to him !
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Comment by Walt Foreman on November 6, 2015 at 9:39pm
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Carl, I traveled to the Apalachicola River each of the past three springs, starting in 2013, to fish it to get brood stock. I only got seven the first year; last year I got thirty; this past April I got twenty-nine. Thankfully they have the same prolific breeding habits as their other bluegill brethren and now I have a bunch.
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where did you get these from Walt ?
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Yes, we had a good harvest, Dick, very good for being the first ever from this pond. I counted at least six different hatches of fry from the end of May through early October.
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Comment by dick tabbert on November 6, 2015 at 6:25pm
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Looks like you not short of fry. I have thousands of fry swimming around in my pond now. Don't know what they are but I'm sure there gills.
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